"Love is a Flame" by George Marion McClellan

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend Support Poem-a-Day October 20, 2019   Love is a Flame   George Marion McClellan

Love is a flame that burns with sacred fire,  And fills the being up with sweet desire; Yet, once the altar feels love's fiery breath, The heart must be a crucible till death. Say love is life; and say it not amiss,  That love is but a synonym for bliss. Say what you will of love—in what refrain,  But knows the heart, 'tis but a word for pain.            This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on October 20, 2019, by the Academy of American Poets. About this Poem   "Love is a Flame" was published in The Path of Dreams (John P. Morton, 1916).   George Marion McClellan was born on September 29, 1860, in Belfast, Tennessee. A Congregational minister, teacher, fiction writer, and poet, McClellan was the author of two poetry collections, including The Path of Dreams (John P. Morton, 1916). He died in 1934. Poetry by McClellan   The Path of Dreams (Franklin Classics Trade Press, 2018) "Poet of an Ordinary Heartbreak" by Chris Abani "Blossom" by Dorianne Laux "Absence" by Paul Laurence Dunbar October Guest Editor: Oliver de la Paz   Thanks to Oliver de la Paz, author of five collections of poetry, including The Boy in the Labyrinth (University of Akron Press, 2019), who curated Poem-a-Day for this month's weekdays. Read a Q&A with Paz about his curatorial approach this month and find out more about our guest editors for the year. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit poets.org   This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on October 6, 2019, by the Academy of American Poets.here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038

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